Popular Japanese Phrases and Idioms With Their Meanings For Instagram Captions

Popular Japanese Phrases and Idioms With Their Meanings For Instagram Captions in Japanese

Don’t you simply hate it whilst you’ve were given a beautiful image you’d like to share on your social media

feed however you just can’t find the proper captions for the pix?

Photo or video captions help in growing engagement and thru them,

viewers are capable of revel in even just a peep of the moments captured through your camera.

 

Let’s say, you’re at Yonaha Beach enjoying an night stroll. You feel the sand in your toes at the same time

as you feel the warm temperature of the ocean breeze on your face as the hair dances with the wind. And as you stare on the horizon,

you are taking out your cellphone to capture the breathtaking second of the sky changing its colorations of blues to sunglasses of yellow and crimson:

The ideal shot. You are approximately to percentage it on Instagram for your Japanese friends to peer and enjoy the ethereal moment.

But, sadly, you don’t have the proper Japanese caption for the picture to go together with it.

Here we are going to help you to learn some quotes about Japanese culture with Instagram captions.

 

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Instagram captions in Japanese:

 

花鳥風月 (Kachou Fuugetsu)

起死回生 (kishi kaisei)

蛙の子は蛙。(Kaeru no ko wa kaeru)

継続は力なり。(Keizoku wa chikara nari)

七転び八起き (nanakorobi yaoki)

残り物には福がある。(Nokorimono ni wa fuku ga aru)

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず。(Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu)

自業自得 (Jigou Jitoku)

晴天の霹靂 (Seiten no heki-reki)

猿も木から落ちる。 (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)

覆水盆に帰らず。(Fukusui bon ni kaerazu)

案ずるより産むが易し。 (Anzuru yori umu ga yasashii)

 

This are some quotes in Japanese. You can use this phrase as a caption to inspire and motivate others.

1. 花鳥風月 (Kachou Fuugetsu)

Translation: Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon

As that is often used in relation to expressing the beauty of Mother Nature and her creations,

you can use it while you put up pics of picturesque landscapes or animals.

 2. 起死回生 (kishi kaisei)

Translation: Wake from death and return to life

When you want to post something inspirational after having a hard week or going thru some thing tough and sooner or later feeling better and stronger, this brief Instagram caption is only for that. This can be used when you want to or can see the mild on the quit of a darkish tunnel.

3. 蛙の子は蛙。(Kaeru no ko wa kaeru)

Translation: Child of a frog is a frog.

When you want to share a selfie you’ve taken with your dad or a father’s appreciation post on Father’s Day, this phrase, which means ‘like father, like son’ is the caption you could use.

4.継続は力なり。(Keizoku wa chikara nari)

Translation: Continuance is power/strength.

For those #Mondaymotivational posts, this phrase of encouragement to always keep going even when the going gets tough is the perfect caption.

5.七転び八起き (nanakorobi yaoki)
Translation: Stumbling seven times but recovering eight.

Another motivational caption, this word is trying to mention that even if you fail,

you need to keep trying and persevere to get the desired result, rather than giving up.

 

6.残り物には福がある。(Nokorimono ni wa fuku ga aru)

Translation: Luck exists in the leftovers.

This is ideal for #WednesdayWisdom posts as it is trying to convey a message that if you sense

like you are on the final place or the lowest, good fortune can nevertheless assist you rise.

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7. 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず。(Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu)

Translation: If you do not enter the tiger’s cave, you will not catch its cub.

Let’s say you want to share a photo or video of you working out at the gym and you want to say,

“without pains or trails, you will not gain”, then this is the perfect caption for it.

 

8. 自業自得 (Jigou Jitoku)

Translation: One’s Act, One’s profit/Advantage.

This phrase represents wonder or surprise. So, when you need to proportion snap shots of that time

you ran into an old friend and took a selfie

or the birthday marvel that your friends threw for you, you can upload this word in your caption.

 

9.猿も木から落ちる。 (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)

Translation: Even monkeys fall from trees.

Not everyone is perfect. We make mistakes. After all, we are all only humans.

This phrase can be used when you want to convey such messages.

10.覆水盆に帰らず。(Fukusui bon ni kaerazu)

Translation: Spilt water will not return to the tray.

Once something is broken, like a trust or a promise, it cannot be fixed (for the most part anyway).

If you are going through a breakup or divorce, this phrase just might help the captions of your

post-breakup-yet-still-in-a-mourning-stage posts.

11.案ずるより産むが易し。 (Anzuru yori umu ga yasashii)

Translation: Giving birth to a baby is easier than worrying about it.

To paraphrase it, fear is always bigger than the actual thing or incident.

So, even if it sounds scary, once you’ve experienced it and enjoyed the outcome, you will realise

that the fear of doing it was much worse than actually doing it.